Thursday, 14 July 2016

Rumour Mill: Chelsea make Barbosa breakthrough; Kante latest

Chelsea have made a breakthrough in their pursuit of
Brazilian Gabriel Barbosa, Arsenal and Tottenham are among the clubs
chasing Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi, and Man Utd have registered an
interest in a £28million-rated Lazio star, according to Wednesday’s
transfer rumours.

BOURNEMOUTH

– Jordon Ibe has finally agreed personal terms with Bournemouth ahead
of his £15m move from Liverpool, with the Reds are said to have
negotiated a buy-back and sell-on clause option into his contract (The
Mirror)

CHELSEA

– Chelsea target Joao Mario would favour a move to Serie A with Inter top of his wishlist, according to the Portuguese internationals father (Calciomercato)
– Chelsea have reportedly agreed on a £29million transfer fee with
Leicester City for the signing of N’Golo Kante, who have offered the
French international an improved four-year contract to remain at the
club (Metro)
– Jose Mourinho is keen to link up with midfielder Cesc Fabregas, should he find himself surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge under new manager Antonio Conte (Daily Mirror)
– Chelsea have made a breakthrough in their pursuit of Brazilian
Gabriel Barbosa after he refused to sign a new deal with Santos (Globo
Esporte)

CRYSTAL PALACE

– Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul is interesting both Crystal
Palace and Everton. The keeper has just one year left on his contract at
the Championship club (Shields Gazette)
– West Ham and Crystal Palace have registered an interest in Everton
striker Romelu Lukaku, but the Toffees’ £65m valuation of the Belgian
international has scared off both making bids (Daily Mail)
– Jurgen Klopp is willing to offload striker Christian Benteke but
the current asking price is said to be deterring Palace and West Ham
(Daily Mail)

EVERTON

– Everton may have to look elsewhere for a new striker after Ajax
issued a hands off warning to clubs targeting their striker Arkadiusz
Milik who was the club’s top scorer last season with 24 goals (Daily
Mail)
– Another Eredivisie star linked with Everton is FC Twente attacking midfielder Hakim Ziyech (Liverpool Echo)
– Everton are reportedly one of the three clubs interested in
Ecuador defender Arturo Mina, who represented his country at the Copa
America this summer. Southampton and West Ham are also rumoured to be
interested (ESPN)
– Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul is interesting both Crystal
Palace and Everton. The keeper has just one year left on his contract at
the Championship club (Shields Gazette)
– Everton have seen an offer worth £1million for Sheffield United youngster Dominic Calvert-Lewin rejected (Liverpool Echo)
– Everton defender John Stones is reportedly keen to join Pep
Guardialo’s at Manchester City after he asked Everton bosses to let him
talk to City, with the Toffees valuing the 22-year-old at £50m (Daily
Express)
– West Ham and Crystal Palace have registered an interest in Everton
striker Romelu Lukaku, but the Toffees’ £65m valuation of the Belgian
international has scared off both making bids (Daily Mail)

HULL CITY

– Lamine Sane missed a Bordeaux training session on Tuesday as he closes in on a move to the Tigers (Talksport)
– Hull are interested in bringing Ryan Mason to the KCOM stadium, but
Tottenham are said to be wanting £10m for the midfielder (Hull Daily
Mail)

LEICESTER CITY

– Chelsea have reportedly agreed on a £29million transfer fee with
Leicester City for the signing of N’Golo Kante, who have offered the
French international an improved four-year contract to remain at the
club (Metro)
– Swansea are eager to land Leicester striker Leonardo Ulloa for £10m
who only started seven Premier League games for the champions last
season (Telegraph)
– The Champions are interested in signing Andreas Pereira from
Manchester United should he be deemed surplus to requirements at Old
Trafford (The Sun)

LIVERPOOL

– Liverpool centre-back Martin Skrtel has passed a medical ahead of
his proposed £5m move to Fenerbahce, the Turkish club have announced
(Sky Sports)
– Liverpool are again being linked with a move for Germany
international Jonas Hector, who is valued at £25m by FC Koln (Daily
Express)
– Wolves have emerged as surprise rivals for Liverpool in their
pursuit of £21m rated Benfica midfielder Anderson Talisca after issues
over a work permit (The Sun)
– Liverpool have transfer listed Mario Balotelli after
head coach Jurgen Klopp told the Italian international to find a new
club, Turkish giants Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenerbahce are all said
to be interested (The Guardian)
– Jordon Ibe has finally agreed personal terms with Bournemouth ahead
of his £15m move from Liverpool, with the Reds are said to have
negotiated a buy-back and sell-on clause option into his contract (The
Mirror)
– Deals to bring Dinamo Zagreb winger Marko Pjaca and Udinese’s Piotr
Zielinski to Anfield, look set to fall through (Calciomercato)

MANCHESTER CITY

– Everton defender John Stones is reportedly keen to join Pep
Guardialo’s at Manchester City after he asked Everton bosses to let him
talk to City, with the Toffees valuing the 22-year-old at £50m (Daily
Express)
– Manchester City full-backs Pablo Zabaleta and Aleksandar Kolarov
will not leave until Guardialo brings in any replacements (Daily Mirror)
– Wilfried Bony is set to leave Manchester City by joining Galatasaray in £3m loan deal (The Sun)
– Manchester City are ready to offer €20million for Torino star Bruno Peres (Tuttosport)

MANCHESTER UNITED

– Jose Mourinho is keen to link up with midfielder Cesc Fabregas,
should he find himself surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge under
new manager Antonio Conte (Daily Mirror)
– Manchester United have registered an interest in Lazio’s
former Barcelona player Keita Diao, who is rated at around £28million
(AS)

MIDDLESBROUGH

– The agent of Tomas Kalas has claimed Middlesbrough are interested
in signing the Chelsea defender during the summer transfer window, who
featured 26 times for Boro last season on loan.

SOUTHAMPTON

– Everton are reportedly one of the three clubs interested in
Ecuador defender Arturo Mina, who represented his country at the Copa
America this summer. Southampton and West Ham are also rumoured to be
interested (ESPN)

STOKE CITY

– Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez is keen to link up again with Stoke
striker Peter Crouch who has one-year left on his contract (Mirror)

SUNDERLAND

– West Ham United’s Diafra Sakho is delaying a move to Sunderland as he waits to discover Sam Allardyce’s future (Daily Star)
– Emanuele Giaccherini is close to sealing a move away from the
Stadium of Light, after reportedly agreeing personal terms with Italian
side Napoli (Daily Mail)
– Swansea are keeping tabs on £8m rated FC Lorient striker Benjamin
Moukandjo as a replacement for Bafetimbi Gomis, but Sunderland and West
Brom are also interested (Daily Mail)

SWANSEA CITY

– The Swans are eager to land Leicester striker Leonardo Ulloa for
£10m who only started seven Premier League games for the champions last
season (Telegraph)
– Swansea are keeping tabs on £8m rated FC Lorient striker Benjamin
Moukandjo as a replacement for Bafetimbi Gomis, but Sunderland and West
Brom are also interested (Daily Mail)

WEST HAM

– Carlos Bacca has put negotiations with West Ham on hold as the
Colombian striker is waiting for an offer of Atletico Madrid
(Tuttosport)
– Everton are reportedly one of the three clubs interested in
Ecuador defender Arturo Mina, who represented his country at the Copa
America this summer. Southampton and West Ham are also rumoured to be
interested (ESPN)
– West Ham United’s Diafra Sakho is delaying a move to Sunderland as he waits to discover Sam Allardyce’s future (Daily Star)
– Jurgen Klopp is willing to offload striker Christian Benteke but
the current asking price is said to be deterring Palace and West Ham
(Daily Mail)
– The Hammers have registered an interest in Everton striker Romelu
Lukaku, but the Toffees’ £65m valuation of the Belgian international
looks to have scared them and Crystal Palace off (Daily Mail)